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2010 Georgia Code

TITLE 23 - EQUITY

CHAPTER 3 - EQUITABLE REMEDIES AND PROCEEDINGS GENERALLY
ARTICLE 3 - QUIA TIMET
PART 2 - QUIA TIMET AGAINST ALL THE WORLD
§ 23-3-62 - Venue; contents, verification and filing of petition; filing in lis pendens docket

O.C.G.A. 23-3-62 (2010)
23-3-62. Venue; contents, verification and filing of petition; filing in lis pendens docket


(a) The proceeding in rem shall be instituted by filing a petition in the superior court of the county in which the land is situated.

(b) The petition shall be verified by the petitioner and shall contain a particular description of the land to be involved in the proceeding, a specification of the petitioner's interest in the land, a statement as to whether the interest is based upon a written instrument (whether same be a contract, deed, will, or otherwise) or adverse possession or both, a description of all adverse claims of which petitioner has actual or constructive notice, the names and addresses, so far as known to the petitioner, of any possible adverse claimant, and, if the proceeding is brought to remove a particular cloud or clouds, a statement as to the grounds upon which it is sought to remove the cloud or clouds.

(c) With the petition there shall be filed (1) a plat of survey of the land, (2) a copy of the immediate instrument or instruments, if any, upon which the petitioner's interest is based, and (3) a copy of the immediate instrument or instruments of record or otherwise known to the petitioner, if any, upon which any person might base an interest in the land adverse to the petitioner.

(d) Upon the filing of the petition, the petitioner shall contemporaneously file with the clerk of the court a notice for record in the lis pendens docket pursuant to Code Sections 44-14-610 through 44-14-613.